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Title: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 07 Sep 2008, 16:37

I need a way to convert color images to greyscale images and output them as JPEG for vigorous printing.

Any suggestions?  Something that costs $0 or less would be ideal.

Title: Re: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: imapiratearg on 07 Sep 2008, 17:23

IrfanView.  Not sure where I got it, but Google it and you might find it.

Title: Re: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: Oli on 07 Sep 2008, 17:32

Can you not do that in photoshop or in gimp really easily? Just like Edit>colour settings>greyscale. I'd check but I've not currently got either program installed.

Title: Re: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: imapiratearg on 07 Sep 2008, 17:35

Well, you can.  But he is asking for free programs.  Photoshop costs a pretty penny, unless you pirate it.

Ahah.  Accidental alliteration.

Title: Re: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: Oli on 07 Sep 2008, 17:38

The Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) is free.

Title: Re: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 07 Sep 2008, 18:37

Too complex for what I need.    I found Irfranview for free and it does what I need.   Thanks for the leads though!   8-)

Title: Re: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: imapiratearg on 07 Sep 2008, 18:57

Quote from: Oli on 07 Sep 2008, 17:38

The Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) is free.

Oh, really?  For some reason, I was under the impression you had to pay for it, but for significantly less than Photoshop.

Title: Re: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 07 Sep 2008, 19:17

ctrl+shift+U

Title: Re: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: 3Z3VH on 08 Sep 2008, 12:37

Another great thing about IrfanView is batch-processing.  If you are doing the same thing to every picture, you just select all the pictures you want to do it to, specify a folder for it to put the new files, and a naming convention, and it will do it all super quick without you having to do it on each picture.

Title: Re: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: numb3rb0y on 08 Sep 2008, 13:02

Quote from: imapiratearg on 07 Sep 2008, 18:57

Quote from: Oli on 07 Sep 2008, 17:38

The Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) is free.

Oh, really?  For some reason, I was under the impression you had to pay for it, but for significantly less than Photoshop.

You're probably thinking of Pixel or Paint Shop Pro.

Title: Re: Color to greyscale converter
Post by: evernew on 09 Sep 2008, 03:07

I don't like this game.